Scott certainly did the grooms, owners, sponsors, physios and farriers proud.
“I think I’ll probably never ride a more important round than that last round that I had to ride to help us win,” he admitted.
He said the Paris games were “absolutely fantastic” in the “incredible setting” of Versailles and it was all capped with their surprise win.
“I think, to be fair, we were probably a bit more the underdogs,” he said.
“There were some real strong nations this year. Germany were very strong, Sweden, Holland, USA, they were probably the favourites.
“I think with the bookmakers we were 25/1 or 33/1 – something like that – so we were far from favourites.”